Our winery will be located just north of Elkton, Maryland in Cecil County. This puts us in the northeast corner of Maryland, just a few minutes from the Delaware line, and just a few more minutes to the Mason-Dixon Line and Pennsylvania. We are located less than 5 minutes from I-95, either the last or first exit off of I-95 in Maryland, depending on your direction. The farm, and the future entrance to the winery, is located along Maryland Route 213, which is the main north-south road along the upper Eastern Shore of Maryland. Route 213 is a major thoroughfare for Pennsylvanians taking their boats to the Chesapeake Bay during the summer (we call it the "Pennsylvania Navy").

The 46 acre farm has belonged to our family since the 1940's, but has been a farm for much longer than that. We are still researching the history of the property, but like much of this part of Maryland, the farming of this property probably dates back to before the Revolutionary War. Our barn, which we plan to renovate into our tasting room, sales, gift shop, relaxation area and event space, is a timberframe barn (a technique that does not use nails but wooden pegs!). We believe that it was built sometime in the early eighteenth century, and modified many times since. Because of the special nature of its construction and its beauty, we plan to preserve the basic construction technique of the barn while modernizing it to make it a comfortable place to visit. We are lucky to have found an expert in timberframe construction located in right in Elkton, Joe Wey, owner of Old Line Timeberframes, who will be acting as our general contractor on the barn and other buildings. But more on our buildings in a little bit.

While much of suburbia from Baltimore, Wilmington and Philadelphia is encroaching around us, our farm is an oasis of agriculture. We have woods, a creek, a large pond, old trees and many other features that make for an enjoyable respite from the hustle and bustle of the world. We plan to make our winery a nice place to visit: for a picnic, for a glass of wine on the deck while talking about the latest goings on in the world, or while lounging in our barn listening to music to get away from the noise. And while a winery is not a destination for children per se, we also know that parents would like to be able to get out of the house once in a while. We do not plan on offering childcare, we do plan on having interesting things for children to see and do, such as farm animals (to join our seven ducks, four chickens and six geese already patrolling the property).

Pastoral atmosphere, good wine, farm animals. What's not to like?